compass course - The course as read on a compass. The compass course has added the magnetic deviation and the magnetic variation to the true course.
Compass Course:
The direction of a ship's heading as read on a compass. The compass course has added the magnetic deviation and the magnetic variation to the true course.
Compass course N. 60° E.
Another example is given where the variation and deviation are both easterly and the true course is S., 75° West.
Variation, 24° W.
The compass course is the course steered by the compass (using the compass as a guide).
a straight line compass course between two points
Rigging
the standing rigging is the mast and support lines, running rigging is the lines with which you adjust the sails ...
Rhumb line - A line on a sphere that cuts all meridians at the same angle; the path taken by a ship or plane that maintains a constant compass direction (straight line compass course between two points)
Rigging - The ropes, chains, etc.
Rhumb line - a straight line compass course between two points
rigging -- standing rigging refers to shrouds and stays, while running rigging refers to halyards and sheets that control the sails ...
It is S's compass course that determines whether she has changed course, not her relative angle to the wind.
from a compass point cannot be counteracted through the use of Flinders bar, Kelvin's balls, Heeling error magnets and Horizontal magnets, a deviation card, or graph, is produced. This card, or graph, lists the deviation for various compass courses ...
Use your whistle, or bang your paddle against the mast to let other boats know you are there. If you have a rough idea whether land is east or west, you could sail slowly toward land. Another option is to sail a compass course toward shore.
A magnetic course is the direction of the ship's heading relative to magnetic north; a compass course is the direction of the ship's heading based on the ship's compass (including errors of deviation and variation).
 See also: Compass, Course, Point, Navigation, Deck
  
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